Purée : noun Dishes made with cooked and mashed vegetables, especially potatoes.
To fall / to be in the most complete mash: to be in misery, embarrassment, destitution, to be without
money, miserable, destitute, in a bad situation.
To be in the black mash: in the gray troubles.
Chestnut puree: bruises on the face.
Make chestnut puree: apply a vigorous punch in the face.
Puree: crush, destroy.
Mash potatoes ! : surprise interjection; curse or exclamation
Pea puree: fog, mist.
Corinthian puree: wine.
Green pea puree: formerly, wormwood (when strong, anise drunk almost pure)
Pedal the mash: make disorderly and futile efforts, spend wasted.
Formerly absinthe.
Throwing / releasing / sending / swinging the mash: shooting / strafing;
Sheaf of gun bullets.
Smell the mash: be miserable.
Mash: diarrhea.
Send the mash: ejaculate.